Data Sources

This page tracks data sources relevant to the project.

Data Categories

Short Term

• USGS nitrate monitoring stations (superstations) in Mississippi River Watershed
  • http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/current?type=qw&PARAmeter_cds=STATION_NM,DATETIME,00630,99124,00631,99133,99137
• NPDES Discharge monitoring reporting loading tool (POTW point sources) (Industrial Point Sources)
  • http://cfpub.epa.gov/dmr/index.cfm

Longer Term

• NOAA National Data Buoy Center (???)
• Municipal Water (???)
  • Drinking Water
  • Waste Water
• Fertilizer Data
  • You would calculate the total amount by county divided by area, gives you a nitrogen load.
  • You know how much fertilizer is sold in that county. We know the area of the county, and John Chick can get the percentage of the county that is cropland.

"Completed"

• NGRREC 
  • Greon Buoys
• USGS Water Quality (superstations) 
• UMRR LTRM
• Water Quality Portal
• NOAA

Site Metadata

Each site:

• Active / Inactive
• Manual Collection / Streaming (Circle? / Square?)
• Sources

Data Formats and Protocols

Support NOAA National Data Buoy Center protocol and requirements?

Nitrate Data

Nitrate and Nitrite As N mg/L